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VOLUME TEN SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. BURNSVILLE, N. C\, THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1916 NUMBER TWENTY-THREE
--Men In Service-- !
Sgt. Max Penland, son of
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Penland
has landed in California
and will be at home within
a few days. He has been '
overseas with the Marine!
Corps for the paist year, i
/ Bruce Westall has re- j
C ceived a discharge from
y the navy and is now at
j home. He was in service
{ two years and on sea duty
VXoi* the past 12 months.
Lt. Ralph Bostian re
turned Tuesday to Miami
where he is stationed after
spending the Christmas
season here.
Pvt. Vernon Wheeler is
spendiing a 30 day furlough
with his grandmother, Mrs.)
J. J. Wheeler, Rt. 1, Bur
nsville.
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Register in December
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The following men be
came 13 during the month
of December and register-!
ed with the local board:
Wayne Pate, Mack Hon
eycutt, Ferland Haney,!
Charles W. Hensley, Roy
Lee Small, Buster Phillips, 1
Arthur McPeters, Claude 1
Dulaney J. D. Brinkley,!
Glenn Hedrick, Guy Hen
sley, Jim Thomas.
For Preinduction
The following men re-:
ported to Fort Bragg for
pre induction examination:)
Alvin McCurry, Dazzie
Vance Riddle, Virgil Roy
Thomas, Floyd Ledford,
Burdette C. Robinson,
Kenneth Adkins, Ollis R.j
Robinson, Willard Wyatt/
Ben Lee AaiiKS, James
Homer Shepherd, Max
Autrey, Boone Wilson, Wm
Coy Wilson, Rome Bailey.
Robert Peterson, S 2c,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Har
mon Peterson is now at
the Naval base, Saipan
Island.
Paul Wilson, Bee Log, N.
C., enlisted in the Regular'
Army recently at Camp
Hood, Texas. He entered
the army in June, 1944 andj
received his basic training!
with the 128th Tank De-j
st l < yer Battalion at Camp
Hood, Texas. He went ov-,
erseas with the 265 Ord
nance Evacuation company
which operated in the Rhur
pocket. He wears the ETO
ribbon with one star, Vic-'
tory and the American De-j
sense ribbons. He was as
signed to the 661st Tank'
Desdioyer Battalion upon!
ret lining to Hood.
ARMY RECRUITING
SERVICE
T. Sgt. R. H. Lewis and
Sgi. Alex Baron of th
army recruiting service wil
be in Burnsville on Thurs
day of each week for the
purpose of giving informa
tion and accepting men for
the regular army.
Headquarters will be in
the county Selective Servic
office from 9 to 5.
Edward Adkins is home
on leave from the Navy.
THE YANCEY RECORD
MEMORIAL SERVICES !
Memorial services for)
S 1-c George Washington
Hall, 19, who was killed last
April while serving aboard
the destroyer, USS Bush,
hr the. vicinity of Okinawa,
were held at Newdale Pre
sbyterian church Sunday
morning at 11 o’clock. The
pastor, Rev. Ernest Wilson
was in charge.
Seaman Hall was the son i
of-Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Hall of Newdale. Surviv-)
ors also include one broth-,
er, Howard Hall of Ashe-|
ville, and two sisters, Mrs.
Ralph McNeil of Newdale
and Miss Donn a Gay Hall
of Newdale.
He attended school at
Micaville and prior to en
tering the service was em
ployed in Asheville.
He received his boot
training at the Great Lak
es Naval Training station
and was sent from there to
duty at sea.
Discharged
The following men have
received discharges from
service and are now r at
home:
Daniel W. Patton, John
|C. Ray, Wade Randolph,
Ray Leroy Burgin, Robert;
•Hatt, Roy F. Wilson, Elet'k'
•Jarrett, Bruce Westall,
i Everett Banks, Crate Bai-j
ley, Bruce Byrd, Roy L.
Byrd, Charlie Chrisawn; !
Bil IDeyton, Shelby C.t
Higgins, John H. Howell, 1
John Marsh, Rose Miller,
Troy F. Riddle, Herman
Silver, Wm. Smith, Aina:
Westall, James L. Williams, 1
Edwin Wilson, Joseph Wil
son, Robert Souther, Al-.
fred Ogle.
NOTICE !
r - he Yancey county Wild-;
life Club will meet on
Monday, Jan. 7th at 7:30
at Bald Creek, N. C. All
sportsmen of the county)
are urged to attend this'
Meeting.
NOTICE
The Woman’s Christian
Temperaifce Union will not
meet Thursday night, Jan.
3, because of illness.
T. Sgt. Oscar T. Gibbs,
Jr. has returned to camp
after spending a Christ- 1
mas furlough with his'
wife and other relatives, j
County Schools Opened Monday
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Schools of the county, 1
system opened Monday af
ter a vacation for the':
Christmas holidavs which
began earlier than sched- :
uled because of the weath
er and illness.
Attendance was report- i
ed fairly good in the schools
although the weather con-’i
tinues uncertain and some'
of the roads are in poor
condition. There are also :
numerous cases of colds
and flu still though not so 1 :
widespread as before the :
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“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
I WEATHER AGAIN
! VERY COLD AND
jSNOW FALLS
! After a few days of
j moderating weather dur
i ing the w eek end. a cold
wave moved in Monday
and sent the temperature
down to 8 degrees here
Tuesday morning. A light
snow also fell on Monday.
Wednesday the tempera
ture rose enough to meit
the snow considerably, but
today (Thursday), with the
temperature around 30,
snow has been falling ra
pidly since before daylight.
Sleet is forecast for the
i Asheville area but it is cold
enough here for snow in
stead.
lira veil conditions are
again dangerous with a !
coating of ice and snow on
the highways but bus sche-J
dules were maintained this
morning.
COURT WILL CONVENE
The January term of!
Superior Court is schedul-,
ed to convene here on Mop- 1
! day, Jan. 21. Civil cases
'will be heard during the
week sessoin, with Judge
William H. Bobbitt o f
I Charlotte presiding.
FU N ERAL SERVICES
FOR MRS. J. M. BYRD
Funeral services for Mrs.
James M. Byrd, 76, who
, died at her home in Relief
| Sunday after a week’s ill-!
, ness were held Tuesday!
i afternoon at 2 o’clock in!
■ the home by the Rev. Ova
! Edwards and the Rev. J.
;W. Honeycutt. Burial fol
lowed in the family ceme
tery iin Mitchell county.
Pallbearers were Levi
jand Henry Edwards, Wade
j Whitson, Sherril, Shelton 1
and Parke Byrd.
A lifelong resident of
j Mitchell county, Mrs. Byrdj
I was very active in the, 1
Brethren church at Relief.r
I She was married over 50! (
/years ago to J. M. Byrd,
who died several years ago.
; Survivors include four
daughters, Mrs. Joseph Ed
! wards of Tilford, Tenn., :
Mrs. J. R. Sheppard of
Swiss, Mrs. A. J. Johnson
of Huntdale, and Mrs. Os
car Whitson of Johnson
City, Tenn., and five sons,'
Robert, Charles and Oscar
Byrd, all of Relief, Lamarr
Byrd of Green Mtn., and
Floyd Byrd of Limestone,
Tenn.; four sisters, Mrs.
Julia Bennett of Burnsville,
Mrs. Charles Dayton of
Vici, Okla., Mrs. Nora Hu
ghes of Canton and Mrs.
! Pless Jones of Erwin.
holidays.
Three new teachers be
gan work when the school
reopened. Ottis Gibbs is
now teaching in Burnsville
elementary school where
Mrs. Vernie Wilson resign
ed leaving a vacancy.
Mrs. Howard Barbee re
signed at Bee Log and Mrs.
Zeke. Byrd is teaching
there. Zeke Byrd is teach
ing at Bald Creek where a
vacancy was left by the re
signation of Chester Buch
anan.
BIRD COUNT MADE
AT WINDOM
Annual Count
Results of the 1945 bird
count made at Wiindom,
Dee. 27 between the hours •
of 8 a. m. and dusk by sev-'
en observers in two parties
have been announced £y
James Hutchins. The con-;
nts have beep made annu-j
ally at Windom for the past
eight years, with the ek-J
ception of one year.
The count Uiis year re-!
vealed 19 species and 543
individual birf.s. Participa
ting in the col.nt were Mr.'
Hutchins, Roosevelt Hugh
es, Paul Hughes, Philip
Styles, J. C. Styles, Betty
Sue Gibson, and Msr. C. P.
Gibson. The . count was
imade for 16 hour s and 12
j miles were covered on foot.;
Birds observed follow:
j Cooper’s hawk, one; bob-;
! white, one; bluejay, 23;
crow, 57; chivkadde, one;
j tufted titmouse, nine; Car
olina wren, four; eastern
bluebird, 12: /starting, 14;
English sparrov. r , 156; mea
dow lark, four; cardinal,
31; goldfinch, 2t) \ red-eyed
towhee, fo.r; junco, 36;
field sparrow, 55; w r hite
throated sparrow, three;
fox sparrow, ore; and song
sparrow, 96.
HOME AGENTS NOTES
—4*H -Slnir flfwTTngs . iu»vc
been scheduled as follows:
Friday, Jan. 4—The Star
Light Club at 10:30; the
Pensacola Club at 1:30.
Tuesday, Jan. B—The
Bald Creek Club at 8:40;
the Clearmont Senior Club
at 10:30 and the Clearmont
Junior Club at 1:30. ;
The County Council of!
4-H Clubs will meet on!
Saturday, Jan. 12.
The Toledo home demon
stration ciub will meet at
The home of Mrs. Erskine
Baney at 1 o’clock on Jan.j
9th. ’
The Possum Trot club 1
will meet at the home of
Mrs. Ernest Ray on Jan. 10
at 2 o’clock.
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LAST RITES FOR MRS.
MARGARET KING
Mrs. Margaret Robinson
King passed away at the
home of her daughter,
Mrs. Cleveland Proffitt,
Sunday morning following
an extended illness. She
was 90 years old.
Final rites were held
i Monday afternoon at 2
! o’clock at the Elk Shoal
1 Baptist church.
; Adkins officiated, assisted
|by Rev. J. R. Bowman.
Burial was in the King
family cemetery at Elk
I Shoal.
Surviving are five dau
-1 ghters, Mrs. Proffitt, Mrs.
John Pate, Mrs. Jeff Phil
lips, Mrs. Hattie Phillips
1 and Mrs. Clark Hall; four
sons, Zeb, Edd and Nelson
'of Burnsville and George
Jof Cane River; 47 grand
children, 97 great grand
I children and 13 great great
! grand children.
Pall bearers for the ser
vices were grandsons and
great grandsons, and the
flower girls were grand
daughters and great gran
ddaughters.
Holcombe Brothers fun
eral home directed arrang-
D. E. Bruhl, Red Cross
field representative for the!
area, is in Burnsville andj
will meet with the execu
tive committee of the
todav
y > t. ■ m 4
Mrs. Pless Jones of Er
win, Tenn., has been visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Julia
Bennett here.
Thelma Allen and Mary
Peterson visited friends in
Pittsburgh, Pa., during the
holidays.
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Mrs. Luther Tomberlin
and children were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis Tomberlin last week.
Cpl. James G. Laws has
.received a discharge from
the Army and is now at
home. He served for two
years overseas in the Eu
ropean Theatre in France
and Germany with the
I hospital unit.
Board of Health Named
A new district board of
health in the area compos
ed of Mitchell, Avery andj
Yancey counties this week'
■ supersedes the former cou- 1
i nty boards of health. This
is in accord with a law r pass
[ed during the last state
> legislature.
I It£e Stu Js of Lkwille,
Jchairman of the county
[ board of commissioners of
, Avery , county, Jason B.
; Deyton, of Spruce Pine,
; superintendent of Mitchell
county schools, and Grady
■ Bailey of Burnsville, Yan-i
, cey county, have been ap-j
pointed by Dr. Carl V. Rey-]
; nolds of Raleigh, head of
• the state department of
i health, as ex-officio mem
s bers of this new district
health board.
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.During the eight years
of its existence the Nation
al Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis, which conducts!
! the March of Dimes, Janu-j
ary 14-31, has disbursed
• over $8,000,000 for resear-,
;Ch and education, and over!
j $2,000,000 for emergency!
■laid in epidemics. Epidemic!
• aid supplements the ex
penditures of local chap
ters. In 1945 alone, local
[chapters disbursed close to
$5,000,000 for care and
'treatment of local polio-!
myelitis patients. One-half
. of all contributions to the
. annual March of Dimes re
, mains with the chapters
for this work.
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Last Rites for S. C. Ledford
-Curtis Ledford, 67, died
at his home at Prices Creek
Friday evening at 6:30
o’clock following a long ill-'
ness.
Funeral Services were
held at the Prices Creek
Baptist church on Sunday'
afternoon, with Rev. M. B.
Westall officiating. Burial
was in the Ledford ceme-|
tery at Prices Creek.
He is survived by his
| wife, Mrs. Addie McNau- 1
jghton Ledford; seven chil
dren, Geter Ledford of
Swiss, N. C., Emmett and
Mack Ledford of Prices
Creek, Cpl. John Ledford
of the U. S. Naval Hospi-
I lul, Philadelphia, Pa., Mae
j and Madge Ledford of
Prices Creek, Mrs. Kate
Oak Ridge, l
Tenn., also 15 grandchild
ren, one brother, S. T. Led
ford, and 4 sisters, Mrs.
Tames Scott, Mrs. Roscoe
Burlison,, Mrs. A. C. Led
ford and Mrs. Hattie El
kins all of Price s Creek.
Flower girls were: Edrus
Ledford, Pauline Austin,
j Aldia Ledford, Gertructe
I Smith, Mollie Scott, Texie'
Jones, Mamie Jones, Camy
Banks, Billie Jean Ayers
and Vernie Banks.
I Active pall bearers were:'
i Miller Ledford, Elzie Led
ford, Hershel Scott, Claude
Burlison, Edd Willis and I
Willard Smith.
Honorary pall
were: Donald Banks, Bob
Banks, W. K. Banks, J. R.
Banks, Louis Banks, Clyde
Banks, Lee Banks, Walt
Pi Pi H
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These three men will
meet this week with Dr. B.
B. McGuire of Spruce Pine,
[who is the health officer
pr the three counties, and
w r ho, also, acts as secretai*y
for the board, to elect four
members of the board.
Three members will be
chosen—one ’a %****,
fields of physician, dentis
try, and registered drug- •
gists. The fouhth member
will be a public-spirited cit
izen interested in the wel
fare of the district. These
persons will serve terms of
j four, three, two and one
i year respectively,
i During the first week in
January of each year the
ex-off ico members will
meet to elect a member to
take the place of the one
, whose term expires.
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Presbyterian News
The Low Gap Sunday
School meets at 10 and
, preaching at 11; at Mine
Fork the Sunday School is
at. 2, and preaching at 3;
iat Denlinger Memorial the
[Sunday School is at 10:30,
Jand worship service at 7.
The Sunday School at Up
per Jacks Creek church is
at 10, at Banks Creek at 10,
and Higgins at 10:30.
These services are for all.
I T. Sgt. and Mrs. Oscar T.
Gibbs, Jr., Mr. arnT
; Oscar Gibbs and L. B. Sil
verss were Sunday guests
of Mr. and Mrs. George
.Wagner.
1 Banks, J. S. Greene, J. H.
Wilson, B. R. Wilson, Hollis
Wilson, Louis Robinson,
| Creed Elkins, Kenneth
Westall, Grover Westall,
Marcus England, Sam
I Wallace, Moscoe To we,
i Hughie Ball, Jay Ball,
| George Ball, S. C. Ball,
Burgin Arrowood;
| Lat Arrowood, France
j Arrowood, Floyd Blanken
ship ,Douglas Blankenship,
i Utah Blankenship, Murray
Elkins, Dan Hurst, Dewey
Hurst, Creed Hurst, C. L.
Robertson, Harmon Edw
ards, Jim Edwards, S. R.
Hensley, Lifus Edwards,
Allison Edwards, Coy Phil
lips, Lonnie Allen, .Claude
Gillespie, Roscoe Burlison,
Gyady Roland, Sherrif Ro
land, Clyde Allen, Charlie
Anglin, Roscoe Rice, Hub
ert McPeters, Douglas
Robertson, Wilburn Mc
j Peters, John McPeters,
Bill Buckner, Geter Austin,
Coy Austin, Fate Jones,
Freburn Jones, Guy Jones,
Carlie McCandless, Noah
Scott, Sidney Melton, Pat
Ledford, Ewart Banks,
!P- M. Banks, John Banks,
S. H. Banks, Lonnie Banks,
H. G. Bailey, Dr. W. L.
.Bennett and Mark Bennett.
Holcombe Brothers fun
eral directors were i n
charge of arrangements.
Dr. Charles Harris who
,has been away for several
; i weeks has returned honje
, and services will be held at
11 o’clock at the Burnsville
Presbyterian church.
BONDS FOR VICTORY
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